Recent reviews by Ragemonkey

I figured I would clear up some of these complains as many are not true.

#1 "not a roguelite, nothing carries over"

This is just false. The people writing these statements clearly can't read...While it is true that your character resets, as most roguelites do, you do keep the perks for updating your office. This provides permanent upgrades to troops and characters, increased starting income and increased starting ( but randomised type ) weapons among other things...you know...exactly like a roguelite should...

#2 "it crashed on my system"

Happy to give them that, but would also like to point out that at 70+ hours at time of post, my whole crew has not had barely any issues and the ones we have were likely system issues. I would encourage buyers to understand that there are millions of possible hardware configurations with ranges of conflicts outside of them game. Because of this, while it is good to report them to the Devs, I would caution against blaming them especially when you can see many players are running it just fine....sounds like a personal issue to me...

#3 "It's not the same as payday"

Well you don't say...That would be both a copyright issue plus a pointless endeavour. Why would you want the same game? It has similarities, but is more of Payday light, providing more fast paced action and less of the tedious parts in my opinion. It's more about execution than tactical limitations "oh I ran out of body bags" kind of thing. Ammo is everywhere and builds are far more simplistic and these make for a much more pick up and go play-ability. Like many game genres you have you guys that want to go hard putting in hours per level and you have the more casual gaming dad type players that between work, the 2.5 kids and "quality time" with the Mrs, just have an hour or 2 to unwind with the boys before doing it all again the next day. I fell this game caters really well to the later and that may not be you, and that's ok, the world needs both.

#4 "you only get skins for levels, you don't unlock anything"

Again, just not true, but we all know that human sock puppet that just expects everything handed to them in the first 10 mins of the game...

There is plenty to unlock, weapons of different rarities, boss skins/personas , utilities and crew members you can can deploy in missions. And yes weapon skins. They wont give you the keys to the Kingdom on your first mission....

#5 My feelings on the game

It's a great more casual feel to the genre. The story is well done, simple, a bit tongue in cheek and with some easy to recognise characters that don't take themselves to seriously. Builds are simple, weapons are pre configged, and that can be taken as both a positive and a negative. Levels are varied and have randomised elements in them keeping that replay value up there for the most part. The Devs have listened on many things and improved grind levels through reductions in required XP per level as well as bonus XP per day. Have they provided every thing every player asked for ? Hell no, but no game ever does. Stealth isn't required and you don't lose 50% of your XP because you go loud, but it does in some mission create different outcomes which is cool. In the end I think this is a solid game for a more casual "payday" style gaming experience, not perfect, but going the right direction.

Cheers for reading, it was a long one.

Great game , plenty of laughs. Best with a few mates.

Did it start out great, hell no!! That said the game is fun and has a solid plan for the future. The wait times are gone stability improves on the daily and the Dev team is in constant communication about what has gone wrong and how they are fixing it. For such a small team this is way better than some AAA Dev teams....I'm looking at you Blizzard!!

Graphics are solid despite fixed characters you have plenty of ways to make them your own and stand out from the pack.

Combat was a concern at first, 4 abilities seemed light when you had played other titles with 12-30 , but to my delight it plays extremely well. A few targeting tweeks are needed and it will be a great combat feeling overall.

Content isn't huge but they made no secret that a lot is still to come including raids and more world content. Group/solo scaling seems spot on for majority of encounters. Everything is more or less there and with plans to expand this out in the near future I can't complain. The grind feels minimal as missions lead you to level up pretty well and echo farming feels pretty casual.

Overall the game is solid and I can see myself spending a lot of time here, most of the issues have been fixed and we have a very active Dev team so even if you have given it a go day one of EA, try it again, a lot has changed

The pay to win comments make no sense and show how little some understand the game. To explain the more powerful the gear/character the later in the game you can deploy them if at all. You don't want the most powerful everything , you wont be able to field it. The game needs you to have lower power characters as well as higher, deployed as a pool you can choose from once you have contributed enough in game. This make the game pretty balanced.

As far as X is more powerful that just isn't the case at all, if you only play X you will think Y , but in reality there is a lot of counter play

Game play is great and loot is chance not win based meaning everyone can progress as long as they play, this also lessens the pay to win argument

Give it a go, it's a quality product and the more you understand the odd systems the more balanced it will seem. They did a great job.

Multiplayer game with no match making....why?, just why? This should be basic

Game plays fine I guess solo but misses the whole point of playing with others

Devs are active and pumping new content pretty fast. Always good when a Dev team is willing to listen to it's customer base and make smart adjustments.

PvE content is solid and offers a good level of challenge, but wont hold your hand. 2 modes for now (roguelite and missions ) with more on the way.

PvP isn't really my jam and I am average at best. That said the maps feel good with use of in game abilities to change maps and open new pathways. 4 modes right now with weekly rotating special modes as a bonus. Still dealing with a few "purchased skill" players but the anti cheat addition has toned it down to a reasonable state, the devs are working to improve this more.

In all this has fast become one of my favs and is showing promising development, for a studio in a war zone these guys are going above and beyond my expectations.

Could be good if balanced. Right now you either have one shot potential or rubber bullets. The hit detection/time to kill seems garbage as i can put a full mag into the back of a stationary enemy and they don't die. Half the guns honestly seem like a waste of time and the basic rifle you start with seems a more reliable killer. Ammo, what ammo? you have about 4 clips and you are out, that paired with the above issues and you will be dry on 1-2 kills

Cosmetic kits are locked and cant be customised, so that new helmet you wanted to put with your Favourite teams colours...well you can't.....pick one or the other.

Hope it gets fixed, they have listened on some things, but right now it's a no.

So I initially put a negative but to their credit they have done a lot of work with many more positive changes on the way. It really is starting to be the game everyone hoped and I am glad I gave it another go, so should you.

Game is good, plenty of fun.

Match making is terrible. No way to join active games, rarely matches you up with other players. AI is stupid as hell, actively running out of healing and getting downed costing games that should have been relatively easy.

Recommend the game but bring friends for the most fun.

Good in theory, but sadly your workers will just start ignoring tasks and that leaves you struggling to just keep up.